Grant Will Support Work of Disability Law United’s Immigration Detention Accountability Project (IDAP) Borealis Philanthropy’s Immigration Litigation Fund has awarded Disability Law United a $75,000 grant to support IDAP’s work to advance systemic change litigation on behalf of immigrants in…
How Can I Help?
Helping has been a central them in Alan Chen’s life and career. From precedent setting First Amendment work that helped expose misconduct on factory farms to teaching the next generation of civil rights lawyers at the University of Denver Sturm…
Welcome Yashna!
Yashna Eswaran is a paralegal in our Colorado office. Yashna graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, with a B.A. in International Relations and Global Studies with Special Honors as well as Health and Society. Her degrees focused on…
Welcome Martie!
Disability Law United is extremely excited to announce the opening of Disability Law United’s Nashville office and the appointment of Martie Lafferty as Disability Law United’s new Director of Accessibility Projects. Martie will be focusing on representing people with disabilities…
Welcome to our Spring 2019 externs!
Disability Law United is thrilled to be joined by three excellent externs this spring.* Allison Crennen-Dunlap is a Chancellor Scholar and J.D. candidate at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. She has worked as a student attorney with…
Welcome Sam!
Disability Law United is excited to welcome our intern Sam Gerelman! Sam is a rising 3L at Stanford Law School. At SLS, she has been the Academic Chair for the school’s inaugural First-Generation Professionals group, Co-President of Law Students for…
Welcome back Marième!
Disability Law United is excited to welcome back our extern-turned-paralegal Marième Diop! Marième is a paralegal in our Colorado office. Marième graduated from Swarthmore College with a B.A in Psychology and Spanish. After externing at Disability Law United in January and…
Welcome Ana!
Disability Law United is very excited to announce our newest paralegal! Ana Diaz is a paralegal in our Colorado office. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. from the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University,…
Disability Law United, DU Civil Rights Clinic are Finalists for Public Justice’s Trial Lawyer of the Year!
We are very excited to announce that a team of lawyers and (then) law students from Disability Law United and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law’s Civil Rights Clinic (CRC) is one of four national finalists for the Trial Lawyer…
Welcome Liz Jordan, our first Disability Law United Fellow!
Welcome, Liz! Disability Law United is very excited to welcome our new Fellow, Elizabeth (Liz) Jordan! Liz is Disability Law United’s first annual Fellow and we are thrilled that she will be utilizing her extensive human rights experience to advance…